JDF soldier dead following vehicular crash in Westmoreland
Published:Monday | January 2, 2023 | 3:09 PM
A Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldier has succumbed to injuries he sustained in a vehicular collision on the Bethel Town main road in Westmoreland on Sunday.
He has been identified as Private Javaughnie Morris, 20-year-old of Lincoln district, Grange Hill, in the parish.
It is reported that about 3:15 p.m. Morris was travelling in a patrol vehicle with another soldier when their vehicle collided with a water truck.
Both JDF members were taken to hospital where Morris later succumbed to his injuries.
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